Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-12
MARTINS FERRY.

DINO, broken down, relics OF horses. over
loaded, aud Stalliug and baking on tn,
streets, while their drivers lash aud CursC
them IN the most disgraceful manner.
vi course most men feel that il is nOnt
oil thelr business i'll particular, and not
caring TO suffer the Odium consequent upon
medllng with other peoples %afliirs, the
matter Is not brought before the courts,
aud palpable Cruelties are allowed to 90 on
nnlnOleSted; not for want of law or pOpu.
lar disgust, but for want of Il complainant.
Our understanding is that the Humane
Society has an executive officer, who is
supposed to bear the criticisms [ hose
who deem it q moral misdcmcanor for a
man to do anything for the good of the
public or humanity, without mcrccnary
motives. WealsO understand it to be the
mans prescribed business to relieve the
public at large of the Odious duty OF prose
cutting and puu!shing cruelty; if this is
true, the society should meet at once and
call this officer to task, or appoint some
one who will attend to the requirements OF
his office more faithfully.
Since the inception of the society in this
city, there has been but two cases
brought, and neither of these by the
executive officer. The last one was against
Ezra Hildebrand, of Bridgeport, the
driver of the Diamond Mills team. He
was arraigned for hauling Il load of 4 800
pounds up Hanover grade with Il team of
5000 pound horses. In the trial il was
proven that Mr.. Hildebrand was an ex-
c~eptiOnally careful and mcrcitul driver;
| that lp did mt gpanb 20 th. t.,Y, sLnrn
the ordinary tone of voice during the
drive, nor removed the whip from its socket.
The team was driven zigzag across the
grade to tighten their work, and were
rested frequently. They did not stall
once on the hill, and when the top was
reached had not sweated their coats. In
the trial several gentlemen gave it Os their
opinion that the team was over loaded.
but all the Transfers and practical horse
men eXamed insisted that 5000 pounds
was not 4 cruel load for Il 5000 pound
team on 4 five degree grade, Several OF
them said they could in n pinch haul
sixty or seventy hundred pounds up Han
over street with such a team. II was
shown that 5000 pounds would he too
much if the team were making five or six
regular trips up the hill, but that for a
single pull such a load would not hurt
the horses The case was of course dis
missed, there being unimpeachable evil
dence that cruelty was practiced, and that
it was not the intention to test or OverdO
the team.
Just here we might remark that there is
4 vast difference between the capabilities
of a large, big boned, well-fed and we'll
kept horse, and 4 small, punny, undcr-ted,
pOGrly-kept animal, which is blind of both
eyes, and stumblcs along, unable to find a
SURF iOOthold, and nothing to guide it but
the merciless Jerk of Il cruel drivers lines.
1t amounts to the SAINT thing rs placing a
little %l2J-pUuud, ~cOnsumtive, dyspeptiC
man to do the same work as a hearty, rO'
bust, well-fed, ~2UO-pOunder, with 4 good
appetite. OF course, these big, fine, well
fed draft horses are sometimes overloaded
and cruelty treated, but the occurrence Is
much more frequent with the old, broken.
down horses, and people should always be
| able to discriminate between a big, well.
| fed team, Juggling with all its might on Il
short hill, and a poor, bOny, blind animal,
working its life out in a cart which, APP
paIcntly man could haul. The latter has
much the worse time of it, and deserves
the pity.
Nearly all our merchants are complain
ing Of the dull times, and as taXpaying
time draws nigh the feeling of deSpOnd-
cncy increases.
A gentleman was heard TO remark yes
| terday, ''CrOquet is Il nice, slow game.
Why don't Manager English, of the Green
Stockings, Introduce it in his club, in
stead of base BALI
On Friday evening Misses Maude and
| Madgc Newland, assisted by Misses Chel
and Sallie Miller, entertained a large party
of their friends at the home OF the Misses
Newland, on Walnut street. The New
land family has always borne a rep
utation second to zone as
entertainers. and when assisted by such
pleasant people us the Misses Miller, their
ability in that line Is very much increased,
and as the happy host of guests can testify,
Friday evenings enjoyment was of the
the highest order. and only tended eNalt
the hOSteS>cS in the good opinions OF their
friends. The evening was all that could
be desired, the cool bracing evening air
making indoor amuscmentS a comfortable
possibility. The guests began to arrive at
: p. m, and an hour later the house was
filled with as merry 4 party rs has been
gathered together in a long time. The
amuSemcnts INDUCED were card playing,
dancing, music both instrumental and vo-
cal, and in fact the entire list of games and
diversions down on the quota lOrsuch occa-
siOns. An elegant supper WAS served IN
the double dining rooms ut II o'clock, and
from that till II the merry party discuss
ed the caterers menu. Those i'll attend
ance were Misses Clara Chapman Of Stcu-
benvillc, Matte ENley, Lizzie and Blanche
NIedill, Kate and Anna l~talStOn,
BERTHE Blacklord, Ella Campbell, Anna
Green, Sadie Reagan, Jessie Swartz,
MAY Robinson, Jennie Dixon, Matte
Gricr, Alma ChcSScll, Mary Davidson,
Matte Mcdonald, Maggie Kerr, Fannie
and Flora Van Pelt, Jessie, Beta, and
Carrie Sheets, Bee Thomas, Carrie Ingle-
bright, aud Messrs. Geo. h~alStOn, W. i.
Adrain. viii +. Lewis, {. w. Swarth,
Frank O'Neall, Frank link, \. W. Kerr,
Walt. Dlrrah, Mortimer Williams, Will
y. Thomas, Comet Van Pelt, Will Dixon,
Will Crowell, CulbertSOn Greer, Ed. W.
Reid, j. w. Phoehus, Chas. Selby, Ed. +.
McCombS, Joe Pennington, Charles Van
Pelt, James llukill, Robert Stewart,
John w. Crooks, /. W. Heinlein, Frank
and Joseph WOodmansee, of Bridgeport.
The c. x +. Il. X. Co, has located
the finest stations buildings along
its line at Martins Ferry hut the paSsen-
ger station is almost inaccessible TO many
of the people. An observer will notice
that nine tenths of the people who come IN
on trains 20 directly up 10 Hanover street
or the First ward, and he will also notice
that people going away from town come
from the same places. People naturally
take the shortest cut no matter where
they are going, and as n natural conSe-
quedce, travellers instead of walking down
street 10 the depot, turn down the
railroad at Hanover street and 20 Stumh-
ling along the end OF the ties, or the side
ola slippery bank. The railroad is very
obliging lust now and would no doubt
build q good pavement along the track
the station TO Hanover street II IN
sisted on. The Mayor and Solicitor
should look into the merits of the case, and
necessary, Council should compel the
company TO build some safe walk.
The new LODGE Onward / q y. F., was